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No personal attacks on any named or easily identifiable individual. Some leeway is allowed regarding Mary Baker Eddy or other historical figures who are no longer alive as well as public figures (including Church officials and spokespeople), but if you’re just ranting without a concrete reason, your comment will be edited or it will not be posted.

Religion is a human idea, and as such it should be scrutinized and criticized freely and as rigorously as possible. However, bigoted attacks on people based on their religious beliefs and/or practices will not be tolerated (for example, if you go on about all Muslims being terrorists, your comment won’t be posted).

Comments which are proselytizing in nature will not be posted. It’s fine to express that your faith has done wonderful things for you, but do not cross the line of telling everyone they need to follow your religious/spiritual path in order to attain eternal bliss or to avoid eternal damnation.

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Healthy debate is welcome; so comments supportive of, or in defence of Christian Science or other religions will be posted, as long as they do not violate any of the above-stated rules. However, please be aware that the owner of this blog and/or other readers will likely respond, and they probably won’t be nice about it. Be prepared to intelligently defend your position, and/or have your feelings hurt. Most of the readers of this blog are not fans of Christian Science or religion in general, and some harbour a deep hatred of one or both. Any and all replies that do not violate the above-stated rules (please pay particular attention to rules 3, 4, 6, and 8) will be posted.

This policy is subject to change at any time.

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Notes

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In the case of the works of Mary Baker Eddy, due to the frequency with which they are cited, they will be referenced within the text of the post, referencing only the book name and relevant pages or sections. Full bibliographic information on these works is in the Bibliography page.